No Consensus on Ukraine Issue; Should Be Removed: Russian Envoy on Draft G20 Leaders’ Communique

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There is consensus among the G20 nations on all issues except the Ukraine conflict and the contentious matter should be removed from the draft of the leaders’ communique to pave the way for its release at the bloc’s summit next week, Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov said on Friday. The envoy said Russia has been “very openly" supporting India’s priorities under its G20 presidency and hoped that the summit will be a “huge success" for India and the whole world. There have been sharp differences between the Russia-China combite and the Western countries over the text to describe the Ukraine crisis....